Despite their incredible contribution towards an independent India there were many freedom fighters who were never acknowledged for their brave efforts. Focusing on the contribution of Unsung Heroes for the work behind-the-scenes and the efforts that went unrecognised and unappreciated DNA presents a short video for you.
Along with Bhagat Singh, Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs onto the floor of the Assembly on April 8, 1929. Batukeshwar Dutt was tried in the Central Assembly Bomb Case, and was sentenced in 1929 on life imprisonment while Bhagat Singh was sentenced to death.
He was deported to the Cellular Jail in Andaman which was infamously known as Kala Pani.
After his release from prison, Batukeshwar Dutt was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Nonetheless he participated in the Quit India Movement of Mahatma Gandhi and was again jailed for four years.
Batukeshwar Dutt outlived all his comrades and died on 20 July 1965 in the AIIMS in Delhi after his long illness.
Aurobindo Ghose was born on August 15, 1872. He publicly supported non-co-operation but in private he was involved in secret revolutionary activities and helped build the revolutionary atmosphere in the country.
Instrumental in the formation of several youth clubs, he also helped in building objectives of the national movement - Swaraj, Swadesh, Boycott and national education.
Ghosh started a daily newspaper Bande Mataram in 1907.
An avid supporter of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, He was arrested in the aftermath of many bomb outrages, Aurobindo could only be convicted and imprisoned for writing articles against British rule in India.
During his stay in the jail, he had mystical and spiritual experiences, after which he moved to Pondicherry, leaving politics for spiritual work. Contributing in the world of literature, Aurobindo wrote books like Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol and The Life Divine.
He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1943 and for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950.
Durga Bhabhi rose on the horizon of India's freedom struggle wielding tremendous influence on revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh, Ashfaqullah and Chandrashekhar Azad.
One of the earliest female freedom fighters, Durgawati had a deep influence on the members of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA).
From assisting the escape of Bhagat Singh from Lahore, to learning how to make a bomb she did it all terrorising the British to a large extent.
Durga started living as a common citizen in anonymity and exclusion in Ghaziabad. She went on to open a school for poor children in the Purana Kila area of Lucknow. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru also visited her school in 1956, now known as the City Montessori School. She died in Ghaziabad on 15 October 1999 at the age of 92.
Pingali Venkayya, a fervent freedom fighter and the man who designed the Indian national flag, was born on 2 August, 1876.
Venkayya joined the British Indian Army at the age of 19 and took part in the Anglo-Boer war in Africa.
It was during the war that Venkayya met Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and formed an association which would last for more than 50 years.
The present tricolour was adopted just days before India's independence, on 22 July, 1947
At the Kakinada conference of the Indian National Congress, Venkayya conceived the idea of a national flag back in 1921.
MK Gandhi added the white stripe to Venkayya's saffron and green flag while Arya Samaj movement founder Lala Hansraj contributed the Dharm Chakra.
Venkayya died on 4 July, 1963 in Vijayawada.
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, also known as Bacha Khan, was a Pushtun leader of the Indian independence movement.
He was a political and spiritual leader known for his non-violent opposition towards the British Raj in India.
Khan was a lifelong pacifist and devout Muslim who strongly opposed the partition of India. He actively supported the Quit India Movement and Non-Cooperation Movement
He passed away on January 20, 1988. He will always be remembered for his non-violent resistance to the British's away over the country and a devout follower of the great Mahatma Gandhi.
